What the mayor of Metsovo told protothema.gr about the sad incident The local community and his friends were shocked to see him disappear before their eyes
The last game with his friends was to be today's for a 16-year-old from the village of Chrysovitsa Metsovo.
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The unfortunate child was playing ball with his friends near Lake Pigi Aoos, when at some point the ball fell into the lake. The 16-year-old dived into the fresh water to catch it, but he failed to surface and drowned.
The mayor of Metsovo, Konstantinos Tzafeas, told protothema.gr. Unfortunately, from what I was informed, the ball fell into the lake and the young man dived to catch it. Apparently the water in the lake is fresh and the boy didn't make it. We are all shocked and so are his friends who were present at the incident."
Devastated are the friends of the 16-year-old, who immediately alerted the police when they saw their friend disappear from sight.
Five firefighters with two vehicles and the rescue boat of the 5th EMAK attempted to locate him.
Source: Proto Thema
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